Cheng, W. (2014). Corpus analyses of professional discourse. In V. Bhatia & S. Bremner (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of language and professional communication (pp. 13-25). London and New York: Routledge.

Cheng, W. (2013). Writing across the Curriculum: Raising students’ general and discipline-specific English language proficiency. In Y. N. Leung, W. T. Lee, & S. Y. Hwang (Eds.), Collection of papers from the invited speakers and winners of paper awards (pp. 16-28). 2013 International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching, National Ilan University and the English Teachers' Association-Republic of China, Chien Tan Overseas Youth Activity Center, Taipei, Taiwan, 8-10 November 2013.

Cheng, W. (2009). Hong Kong Engineering Corpus: Towards the computer-assisted investigation of English phraseology. The First International Conference on Utility Management and Safety Abstracts and Full Papers (pp. 32-38). Hong Kong, 1-4 March 2009.

Cheng, W. (2004). Lexical cohesion across turns in a corpus of spoken English. Proceedings of the sixth TALC (Teaching and Language Corpora Conference) Conference (pp. 21-22). Department of English and German Languages, University of Granada, Spain, 6-9 July 2004.

Cheng, W., & Warren, M. (2003). The use of intonation to assert dominance and control across different genres. Eighth International Symposium on Social Communication, Discourse & Dialog, 2, 1325-1330. Centre for Applied Linguistics, Santiago de Cuba, 20-24 January 2003.

Cheng, W., & Warren, M. (2003). The television game show: An analysis of the potential problems of importing social communication from another culture. Eighth International Symposium on Social Communication, Discourse & Dialog, 2, 814-818. Centre for Applied Linguistics, Santiago de Cuba, 20-24 January 2003.

Cheng, W., Setter, J., & Warren, M. (2002). Obviously and overseas: some (mis)interpretations of Hong Kong Chinese listening to native speakers of English. In A. James & J. Leather (Eds.), new sounds 2000. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second-Language Speech (pp. 58-66). University of Amsterdam, September 2000. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: University of Klagenfurt.

Cheng, W. (2001). Jocular interactions in intercultural conversations. The First Seoul International Conference on Discourse and Cognitive Linguistics: Perspectives for the 21st Century (pp. 728-736). Seoul, Korea June 9-10, 2001.

Cheng, W., & Warren, M. (2001). “and then some hot one”: Manifestations of imprecision and non-specificity in conversations. The First Seoul International Conference on Discourse and Cognitive Linguistics: Perspectives for the 21st Century (pp. 768-780). Seoul, Korea, June 9-10, 2001.

Cheng, W., & Warren, M. (2000). Using a corpus of intercultural spoken English as a learning and teaching resource: The case of the discourse marker well. Proceedings of the '98 International Conference on Teaching English at Tertiary Level in the Chinese Context (pp. 374-391).

Cheng, W. (2018). Creating and exploring Corpus of Journal Articles 2014. ESP in Tertiary Education in a New Era: Opportunities and Challenges. The 2nd Annual Conference of the Asian Association for ESP & the 7th National Conference of the Chinese Association for ESP in China, Southeast University, China, 2-4 November 2018.

Cheng, W. (2018). Corpus linguistic approaches to critical discourse analysis. The Fourth International Conference on Linguistics and Language Studies, 2018 (ICLLS, 2018). Hosted by Chartered Institute of Linguists Hong Kong Society, and co-organised by the School of Education and Languages, the Open University of Hong Kong; School of General Education and Languages, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong; the Department of English Language and Literature, Hong Kong Shue Yan University; the School of Humanities and Languages, the Caritas Institute of Higher Education. Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Chai Wan, Hong Kong), 15–16 June 2018.

Cheng, W. (2017). Researching and teaching professional communication: Insights from Hong Kong. The 1st International Conference on Business Linguistics and Intercultural Business Communication, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, 18-19 November 2017.

Cheng, W. (2016). The rule of law in Hong Kong: Metaphorical structures in local media coverage. The 2nd International Conference on Literature and Linguistics (ICOLL), International Economics Development and Research Center (IEDRC), Rome, Italy, 14-16 July 2016.

Cheng, W. (2016). Discursive competence of professionals in Hong Kong. Epoch Making in English Language Teaching and Learning: Evolution, Renovation and Revolution, 2016 PAC/25th International Symposium, ETA-ROC and Takming University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, 11-13 November 2016.

Cheng, W. (2016). The local grammar approach: What and how? Epoch Making in English Language Teaching and Learning: Evolution, Renovation and Revolution, 2016 PAC/25th International Symposium, ETA-ROC and Takming University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, 11-13 November 2016.

Cheng, W. (2016). Asia as method in TESOL: Teaching & Learning English in Indonesia. Asia as Teaching & Learning English in Indonesia – Future Trends and Approaches,The Grand InauguralTESOL Indonesia Conference on English Language Teaching, University of Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia, 11-13 August 2016.

Cheng, W. (2016). Negotiation and construction of social identities and professional identities: Lived experiences of women in TESOL. Women in TESOL. Site Skills Training, Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines, 11-12 March 2016.

Cheng, W. (2016). English Communication for Hospitality and Tourism Management: Curriculum development, implementation and evaluation. The International Symposium: Preparing students for communication in East Asia, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 8 March 2016.

Cheng, W. (2015). Discourse and management, discourse management and managing discourse: ESP research and instruction. ESP in Asia: Retrospect and Prospect, The 4thNational Conference of the Chinese Association for ESP & The 7th International Conference on ESP in Asia. China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, Shandong, China, 25-27 September 2015.

Cheng, W. (2014). Globalization: Challenges and perspectives in behavioural and social science research, 2nd International Conference on Behavioural & Social Science Research, co-organised by Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman and Western Social Science Association, , Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, 5-8 August 2014.

Cheng, W. (2014). Hotels’ evaluation of products and services: A comparison of hotel homepages across different star categories. Professional communication in the international world: Theory and practice. The 4th International Conference of the Asian-Pacific LSP and Professional Communication Association and The 3rd National Conference of the Chinese Association for ESP, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China, 7-8 June 2014.

Cheng, W. (2014). Approaches and methods: ESP research and teaching. The International Symposium on Innovative Teaching and Research in ESP 2014. University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan, 22 February 2014.

Cheng, W. (2013). (Re)searching the Corpus of Research Articles for discipline- and genre-specific language (Workshop). 2013 International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching, National Ilan University and the English Teachers' Association-Republic of China, Chien Tan Overseas Youth Activity Center, Taipei, Taiwan, 8-10 November 2013.

Cheng, W. (2013). Writing across the Curriculum: Raising students’ general and discipline-specific English language proficiency. 2013 International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching, National Ilan University and the English Teachers' Association-Republic of China, Chien Tan Overseas Youth Activity Center, Taipei, Taiwan, 8-10 November 2013.

Cheng, W. (2013). Why are we concerned about university student writing?: Writing in English across the curriculum. ESP in the context of the Internationalisation of Higher Education and Economic Globalisation. The 2nd International Conference of the Chinese Association for ESP & the 5th International Conference on ESP in Asia. Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 27-29 September 2013.

Cheng, W. (2013). Pragmatic performance and competence: Comparing English language textbooks and business and public discourse. The 13th China National Pragmatics Conference. Zhejiang International Studies University, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, 20-23 July 2013.

Cheng, W. (2013). Economy is organism: Metaphor use in financial analyst reports. English Linguistics: Past, Present and Future. International Conference on English Linguistics, English Linguistic Society of Korea (ELSOK & ICEL 2013). Korea University and Korea Military Academy, Seoul, Korea, 3-6 July 2013.

Cheng, W. (2013). Writing in English across the curriculum: Partnerships with multi-disciplines. Alternative pedagogies in the English language & communication classroom. The 4th International Symposium, Centre for English Language Communication (CELC), National University of Singapore, Singapore, 27-29 May 2013.

Cheng, W. (2013). Corpus linguistic studies of professional communication: Metaphors in financial analyst reports. Alternative pedagogies in the English language & communication classroom. The 4th International Symposium, Centre for English Language Communication (CELC), University Town, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 27-29 May 2013.

Cheng, W. (2013). Multimodal analysis of hotel homepages: A comparison of hotel websites across different star categories. Greeting the New Age of ESP: Practice, Innovation, and Vision, International Conference on Applied Foreign Languages, Department of Applied English, National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism, Taiwan and Research Centre for Professional Communication in English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 23-24 May 2013.

Cheng, W. (2013). Comparing the use of metaphors in government and media corpora: The Hong Kong Policy Addresses. The 13th Korea-Japan Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing. Institute for the Study of Language and Information, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, 8-9 March 2013.

Cheng, W. (2012). The use of English in the professional workplace: Case studies in key industries in Hong Kong. The 4th Malaysian International Conference on Academic Strategies in English Language Teaching (My_CASELT), 27-28 November 2012, MARA University of Technology, Malaysia.

Cheng, W. (2012). Hospitality competence: Learning from ESP research methodologies and findings. 2012 ESP Seminar and Panel Discussion. Department of Applied English, National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 8-9 November 2012. (Sponsored by Ministry of Education, Taiwan)

Cheng, W. (2012). A corpus-based genre study of About Us: Comparing corporations in Finland and Hong Kong. 2012 ESP Seminar and Panel Discussion. Department of Applied English, National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 8-9 November 2012. (Sponsored by Ministry of Education, Taiwan)

Cheng, W. (2012). A comparative study of metaphors of emotion in financial analyst reports in Europe and Hong Kong. Language and Communication in the Workplace: An International Conference on the Use of Language for Communication in Different Professions. English Department, Faculty of Letters and Arts, Sebelas Maret University, Indonesia, 11-12 September 2012.

Cheng, W. (2012). Approaches and methods in ESP research: Studies of company brochures and nurse-patient interactions. The 2012 International Symposium on English Professional Communication and Instructional Technology, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 5 May 2012.

Cheng, W. (2011). Company brochures: The self and the other in semantic categories. An International Workshop on Linguistics of BA and The 11th Korea-Japan Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 10-11 December 2011.

Cheng, W. (2011). Combining corpus linguistics and critical genre analysis: Studies of specialised and professional genres. International conference on Tracking Language Change in Specialised and Professional Genres, Modena, Italy, 24-26 November 2011.

Cheng, W. (2011). Using ConcGram. PhD Workshop on Corpus, Discourse and Genre studies on Language Change: Work in progress. Pre-conference Workshop, International conference on Tracking Language Change in Specialised and Professional Genres, Modena, Italy, 24-26 November 2011.

Cheng, W. (2011). Legislative bilingualization in Hong Kong: A case study of Domestic and Cohabitation Relationships Violence Ordinance. International Conference on Law, Translation, and Culture 2011. School of Foreign Languages, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China, 28-30 August 2011. (Co-organisers: Research Centre for Legal Translation, China University of Political Science and Law, Research Centre for Professional Communication in English, and Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale)

Cheng, W. (2011). Linguist expert witness in Hong Kong. The 1st International Conference of Law, Language and Discourse. Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics, City University of Hong Kong, 20-21 August 2011. (Sponsor: Research Centre for Professional Communication in English) (I-ZV7D) (with Cheng Le)

Cheng, W. (2011). What can I do with a corpus? 14th Warwick International Postgraduate Conference in Applied Linguistics, Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, 29 June 2011.

Cheng, W. (2011). Corpus linguistics for professional communication: Systematic analysis of phraseological variation and specificity of texts, genres and English professional corpora. The 2011 International Conference on English Professional Communication and Instructional Technology, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 6 May 2011.

Cheng, W. (2010). An ecology of practice: Research Centre for Professional Communication in English, Engaging Ecologies, Engaging Empowerment, The Second ESP in Asia Conference, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China, 11-13 November 2010.

Cheng, W. (2010). Assessment of communicative competencies of professionals in engineering in Hong Kong. LSP and Professional Communication: Collaboration and engagement, Second Conference of the Asia-Pacific Rim LSP and Professional Communication: Collaboration and Engagement, 15-17 July 2010, Selangor, Malaysia.

Cheng, W. (2010). Teaching Professional English and Communication. Second International Symposium on English Language and Literature Teaching. Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan, 1 May 2010.

Cheng, W. (2010). Research developments in professional communication in English. The 2010 International Conference on English Teaching. Department of Applied Foreign Languages, National Kaohsuing University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan, 30 April 2010.

Cheng, W. (2009). Using a Specialised Corpus of Engineering English for ESP Practices, The First Asian ESP Conference, Chongqing University, China, 29-31 October 2009.

Cheng, W. (2009). Promoting ESP learning, teaching and research through collaboration across disciplines and professions. English for Specific Purposes (ESP): Through and Across Disciplines. International Conference on English Education, 25-26 April 2009, Shih Chien University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Cheng, W. (2004). Lexical cohesion across turns in a corpus of spoken English. Plenary Colloquium: Corpora, lexical cohesion and language learning. The Sixth International Teaching and Language Corpora Conference (TALC 2004), Department of English and German Languages, University of Granada, Spain, 6-9 July 2004.

Grundy, P., & Cheng, W. (2004). Thinking for writing: A neo-Gricean take on writing across cultures. The Second Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics, University of Seville, Spain, 26-28 May 2004.

Cheng, W. (2003). // → well THANK you DAvid for // → THAT question//: The intonation, pragmatics and structure of Q&A sessions in public discourses. ‘TEFL in Asia: Emerging issues’, 1st Asia TEFL International Conference. Hotel Nongshim, Busan, South Korea, 7-9 November 2003.

Invited Papers and Workshops at International and Local Universities

Cheng, W. (2017). Workshop on English for Specific Purposes: Teaching and Research, Higher English Education Publishing, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, Guangdong University of Finance and Economics, 24-25 June 2017 (Three 1.5-hour talks: Scope of ESP and needs analysis, Online ESP teaching and learning, and Corpus-driven ESP research and writing for publication)

Cheng, W. (2016). An evaluation of the teaching of interpersonal meaning in textbooks for ‘Learning English through workplace communication’ in Hong Kong. Ningbo Institute of Technology, 25 March 2016.

Cheng, W. (2014). Corpus of Research Articles: Research article writing and publishing. Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman and Western Social Science Association, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, 7-8 August 2014.

Cheng, W. (2014). How to do textual analysis. Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman and Western Social Science Association, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, 7-8 August 2014.

Cheng, W. (2013). Making sense of phraseological variation: Concgrams in Corpus of Research Articles. Department of Applied Foreign Languages, Takming University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 8 November 2013.

Cheng, W. (2012). Research methods of survey and ethnography: Professional communication in English and Chinese in Hong Kong. Department of Communication, School of Economics, Aalto University, Finland, 24 April 2012. (1-ZV7Z)

Cheng, W. (2011). Company brochures: The self and the other in semantic categories. An International Workshop on Linguistics of BA and The 11th Korea-Japan Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 10-11 December 2011. (B-Q11N)

Cheng, W. (2011). Assessment of communicative competence of professionals in engineering. School of English for International Business, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, 18 October 2011. (I-99FF)

Cheng, W. (2011). Corpus linguistics for professional communication in English: Systematic analysis of phraseological variation specific to texts, genres and corpora. School of English for International Business, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, 18 October 2011. (5459/08H, B-Q11N)

Cheng, W. (2010). 'sorry er one hundred': Other-repair and self-repair strategies in English language textbooks and professional English corpus in Hong Kong. School of Foreign Language Studies, Ningbo Institute of Technology Zhejiang University (NIT), 10 November 2010.

Cheng, W. (2010). Multiple perspectives: Research and teaching professional communication in English. Department of English, Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, 14 July 2010. (B-Q11N, PolyU5459/08H)

Cheng, W. (2009). Researching into Professional Communicative Competencies: Four key industries of Hong Kong's economy. University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China, 18 December 2009. (87S1)

Cheng, W. (2009). Using the corpus approach to analysing professional discourse: Corpus data analyses. University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China, 18 December 2009. (87S1)

Cheng, W. (2009). The discourse flows of the professionals in today's globalised world. Language and Culture: Creating and Fostering Global Communities. School of Language Studies and Linguistics, The National University of Malaysia, 5-6 May 2009. (B-Q02J)